United States presidential election in Minnesota, 1976

United States presidential election in Minnesota, 1976
Minnesota
November 2, 1976
 
Nominee Jimmy Carter Gerald Ford
Party Democratic Republican
Home state Georgia Michigan
Running mate Walter Mondale Bob Dole
Electoral vote 10 0
Popular vote 1,070,440 819,395
Percentage 54.90% 42.02%

County Results
President before election

Gerald Ford
Republican

 Elected President

Jimmy Carter
Democratic

The 1976 United States presidential election in Minnesota took place on November 2, 1976 in Minnesota as part of the 1976 United States presidential election.

The Democratic Party candidate, former Georgia Governor Jimmy Carter, won the state over incumbent President Gerald Ford by a landslide margin of 251,045 votes, or approximately 12.88%. Carter went on to win the election nationally, as the country's confidence in the Republican Party had been deeply shaken following the Watergate scandal and the subsequent resignation of Richard Nixon.

The effect of Watergate on the political landscape in Minnesota can be clearly seen in the results of this election, as well as the landslide DFL victories in the gubernatorial elections of 1974 and 1978. Previously a state which, having cast its electoral votes for the Republican nominee in 20 of the 29 presidential elections from 1860 to 1972, favored Republicans, Minnesota has not cast a single electoral vote in favor of a Republican since 1972.

Results

United States presidential election in Minnesota, 1976[1]
Party Candidate Votes Percentage Electoral votes
Democratic Jimmy Carter 1,070,440 54.90% 10
Republican Gerald Ford (incumbent) 819,395 42.02% 0
Independent Eugene McCarthy 35,490 1.82% 0
American Thomas J. Anderson 13,592 0.70% 0
Socialist Workers Peter Camejo 4,149 0.21% 0
Libertarian Roger MacBride 3,529 0.18% 0
Communist Gus Hall 1,092 0.06% 0
People's Margaret Wright 635 0.03% 0
U.S. Labor Lyndon LaRouche 543 0.03% 0
Socialist Labor Julius Levin 370 0.02% 0
Socialist Frank Zeidler 354 0.02% 0
Write-ins Write-ins 342 0.02% 0
Invalid or blank votes —
Totals 1,978,590 100.00% 10
Voter turnout 77% —

References

  1. ↑ "1976 Presidential Election Results, 1976". Dave Leip's U.S. Election Atlas. Retrieved 2014-01-23.